BASS LESSONS —— SALSA #1


Im going to teach you ow to play salsa in 3 different ways, 
each riff has a higher difficulty of playing and as you will see they also have alterations.


#1

Here's the basic riff 

G|——————————5—————————————|
D|——5———3—————————————————|
A|————5——————3————3——3—5——|
E|——————————————3—————————|


#2

Here's the first alteration watch as the intro is played faster 

G|————————————————————————————|
D|——5—5———3———5———————————————|
A|———5——5———————33————5——3—5——|
E|——————————————————3—————————|


#3

In this final alteration were gonna play slapping and popping, 

Now if youre not familiar with the term slap is when you literally slap your 
thumb against the first string and then pop is when you pull the string upwards 
as if you were trying to pull it out of its frets, but dont pull it to hard you might snap it off.


Quick reference heres a slapping and pop example so that you have a good idea 
of how to do it yourself when you see it in the tab:

S = Slap
P = Pop

(THIS IS THE BASS RIFF FOR RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS'S CANT STOP) 

G|—————7—9——|———————7—99——————7—9———————7—99————|
D|——————————|———————————————————————————————————|
A|——7———————|——7—7———————7—5———————7—7———————7——|
E|——————————|———————————————————————————————————|
    S  P P     S S  P PP S S  P P  S S  P PP S  


NOW THAT YOU'VE LEARN THE SLAP AND POP TERM HERE'S THE EXERCERCISE RIFF:


G|————4——————2———————————|———9——————9———9————|
D|———————————————————————|———————————————————|
A|———————————————————————|———————————————————|
E|——3————3—1———111——1—3/—|—8————888———8———8——|
    S P  S S P SSS  S S    S P  SSS P S P S 


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